Category: National Agenda

Choi, Pietrangelo arrested at White House protest of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Choi, Pietrangelo arrested at White House protest of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Thursday, March 18, 2010
Lt. Dan Choi was arrested Thursday after handcuffing himself to a White House fence to protest the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Choi, a gay rights activist [...]

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Will Phillips: ‘Lack of equality for some is lack of equality for all’

Will Phillips: ‘Lack of equality for some is lack of equality for all’

Monday, March 15, 2010
Catch Will Phillips accepting the award for Outstanding TV Journalism Segment at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York on Saturday. Phillips appeared in the award winning segment "Why Will Won't Pledge Allegiance" [...]

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Hayworth

Hayworth says gay marriage will lead to bestiality

Monday, March 15, 2010
Former Arizona congressman and U.S. Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth is afraid allowing same-sex marriages could lead to bestiality. In a radio interview in Florida, Hayworth, who is challenging Senator John McCain in the Arizona [...]

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Massa

Eric Massa rebuffs the gay question; calls ‘groping’ male staffers a ‘tickle fight’

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Former U.S. congressman, Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) Tuesday night refused to answer a blunt question by CNN's Larry King: "are you gay?" Massa is accused of groping male staffers and the House ethics committee is [...]

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(Photo credit: Jeff Sheng, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" series, www.jeffsheng.com)

Lieberman, Senate Democrats introduce bill to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Thursday, March 4, 2010
Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) introduced a bill on Wednesday to repeal the ban on openly gay service members in the military. The current law, dubbed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," calls for service members to be [...]

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Sen. Kerry leads group calling for FDA to end ban on gays donating blood

Sen. Kerry leads group calling for FDA to end ban on gays donating blood

Thursday, March 4, 2010
[caption id="attachment_6756" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Kerry"][/caption] Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts called today for the Food and Drug Administration to lift a “discriminatory” ban on gay men donating blood. Kerry led a group of 18 [...]

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Lieberman

Sen. Lieberman announces plans to introduce repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
[caption id="attachment_6482" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Lieberman"][/caption] Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is expected to introduce a bill next week to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," adding an independent voice to the movement to overturn the 1993 law [...]

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Patraeus

Gen. Petraeus doesn’t believe soldiers really care if they serve with gays and lesbians

Sunday, February 21, 2010
[caption id="attachment_6408" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Patraeus"][/caption] Gen. David Petraeus, head of Central Command, indicated on Sunday that he doesn't believe soldiers care if they serve with gays and lesbians. "I'm not sure that they do," Petraeus [...]

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MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane on ‘Real Time’ on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Saturday, February 20, 2010
[caption id="attachment_6357" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="MacFarlane"][/caption] Quote of the week... from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, appearing on last night's season premiere of HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher: “If you’re sitting at home in your [...]

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Sorba

Speaker booed off stage after condemning CPAC for inviting gay republican group

Friday, February 19, 2010
[caption id="attachment_6338" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Sorba"][/caption] Here's another homophobic loudmouth looking for his fifteen minutes of fame on Fox News: During a lightning round of two-minute speeches by young activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference [...]

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Anti-gay groups speak out on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ call homosexuality a ‘deathstyle’

Anti-gay groups speak out on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ call homosexuality a ‘deathstyle’

Friday, February 19, 2010
Several leaders of anti-gay groups held a press conference Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC., to voice support for maintaining the failed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on gays in [...]

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Lt. Dan Choi  (Photo credit: Bilerico.com)

Openly gay soldier back in uniform following discharge order under DADT

Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Lt. Dan Choi, who was discharged from the military for revealing he is gay under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, is back in uniform. Last year, an Army National Guard committee had recommended that Choi [...]

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Tom Goss, Matt Alber sing out against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Tom Goss, Matt Alber sing out against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Saturday, February 6, 2010
Gay artists Tom Goss and Matt Alber were in D.C. this week, preparing for their upcoming joint tour when they wrote “This Is Who We Are,” an anthem against the U.S. military’s failed policy of [...]

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Powell

Colin Powell says he now supports repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Friday, February 5, 2010
[caption id="attachment_6489" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Powell"][/caption] Retired Army Gen. Colin L. Powell, whose opposition to allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military helped lead to adoption of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" [...]

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Obama criticizes Uganda’s ‘odius’ anti-gay legislation at prayer breakfast

Obama criticizes Uganda’s ‘odius’ anti-gay legislation at prayer breakfast

Thursday, February 4, 2010
President Barack Obama on Thursday sharply criticized the proposed anti-gay laws in Uganda that has drawn international condemnation for its severely penalties for homosexual behavior. "We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can [...]

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